Artistic DirectorHalloween 2011 marks Helen's 14th year as Artistic Director of LBSC. It is also her 32nd anniversary on the air at KKJZ/FM88.1. Born in Kansas City, Mo., Helen moved to Long Beach, CA in 1958. She majored in Dramatic Literature and History at Cal State Long Beach. She taught drama and Shakespeare workshops at Poly High School in the 70s, and at Cabrillo High School from 1999 to 2003. She has directed and performed in a diverse repertoire, from Euripides to Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams to Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds. In 2007, the Long Beach Arts Council presented Helen with their Distinguished Arts Professional award.

Daniel Forcey

Fight/Stunt CoordinatorDan received his undergraduate degree in Theatre, with minors in Physics
and Philosophy, from the University of Southern California. He also
holds his graduate degree in Acting, with an emphasis on movement
teaching, from York University in Toronto, Canada, where he wrote his
master's thesis on the use of the British quarterstaff. He has worked
extensively across the US and Canada for the last ten years,
choreographing and teaching movement and stage combat. He has held
faculty positions at York University, the Centre for Indigenous Theatre,
the University of Southern California, Cal State University Long Beach,
and the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Recent professional
stunt credits include Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, CSI: NY, and many others. Dan recently produced and performed stunts in the films Dylan Dog: Dead of Night and Cowboys & Aliens. Dan has coordinated fights and stunts for both the summer festival and Richard Goad Theatre productions for over five years.

Henry Josefsberg

Attorney/PhotographerHenry is a former commercial photographer and filmmaker. He has produced,
shot, and edited films for several nationwide advertisers and ad agencies,
but went to law school because he needed a grown-up job. So much for
common sense.

Judy Markwell

Stage ManagerJudy works well in the dark, backstage, behind the scenes. As a member of the technical theatre crew at CSU Dominguez Hills, she worked on Auntie Mame, The Misanthrope, and Hair. She danced in and worked behind the scenes on How to Succeed in Business at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Other credits include: Art Gallery Director and Instructor at El Camino College, Guest Exhibit Director for Hermosa Beach Community Art Center and the Jocelyn Center for the Arts, and Design Consultant for the City of Torrance James Armstrong Theater. Judy received a BA in Art History and Business from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She has been resident stage manager at the Goad Theatre since 2009, but has also painted sets, gathered and created props, and stage-managed LBSC 2011 Annual Summer Shakespeare Festival. Judy likes variety, and enjoys being in the company of artists with active, fertile imaginations.

Rebecca Rodriguez

ChoreographerRebecca has been working with LBSC since the ripe old age of 18 (which means more than five years). At the moment she is completing her studies at CSULB, and choreographing for her dance company, Sema4 Dance Theater. She acts, dances, choreographs, and also fancies herself a writer on certain occasions, but is never an elitist. Her credits with LBSC include The Player Queen in Hamlet, a Goddess in The Tempest, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and the Mystery Character in The Braid of the Muses.

Edmund Velasco

Music Director/Composer/ArrangerEdmund is a professional musician. He leads his own quintet, which has recorded three CDs, and is a member of the Estrada Brothers Latin Jazz Sextet, and the Chris Williams Sextet. He has worked with such jazz greats as Joe LaBarbera, Tony Dumas, Luis Conte, Ramon Banda, and many others. Edmund has composed and/or arranged music for many LBSC productions, including As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes and the Scandal in Bohemia, and Mandragola. His arrangements of traditional carols were among the highlights of The Wakefield Second Shepherds Play, and he wrote an entire rock score for our updated version of Euripides' The Bacchae. More info at www.edmundvelasco.com

Lizzie Finnegan

PhotograpyLizzie
Finnegan is an LA-based wedding, portrait, and special effects
photographer trained in Fine Arts, Digital Photography, and 3D Animation
at the University of Southern California. Check out her work on
facebook! (Lizzie Finnegan, USC) Email elizabeth.m.finnegan@gmail.com for pricing and availability.

Richard Lindsey

Technical Director

Sir ďNot-appearing-in-this-Production,Ē Richard does most of his work before the curtain rises. Richard graduated from Houstonís High School for the Performing and Visual Arts as a classical musician, but at the LBSC he practices the art of manual labor. He does appear, though rarely, on stage with the LBSC, most memorably in a summer festival production of Julius Caesar, and most recently, playing the violin in A Christmas Carol.

When not wielding hammer, saw and paintbrush for LBSC, Richard can be heard over the airwavs transmitting from the LAX control tower. His blog about all things air traffic can be seen at www.fromthecontroltower.blogspot.com

Lynne Frawley

TreasurerLynne joined the LBSC Board of Directors in 2012 as Treasurer, and also acts as the company bookkeeper. She grew up in San Bernardino and, after graduating from Cal Poly, Pomona, moved to Long Beach to accept her first job with the accounting firm of Windes & McClaughry. After having twin boys, Lynne retired from the business world and began a life of children and volunteering for her community in PTA, Boy Scouts of America, school libraries, and now with LBSC.

Claudia Schou

Press Relations DirectorClaudia joined LBSC in 2010 as Public Relations Director. Outside her English studies, she got her first taste of Shakespearean acting as a maiden in an Orange Coast College Theater Department production of Henry V. Afterward she stayed involved in the theater program, writing and directing two one-act plays for the One-Act Theater Festival, "Falling in Love Again" (1990) and "Starving Kittens" (1992). In the mid-1990s, Claudia studied journalism at San Francisco State University and worked as a journalist for nearly a decade before settling in Long Beach and starting a public relations company called Media Boutique. She spent a little more than a year volunteering her public relations expertise to LBSC before joining its Board of Directors. Claudia is thrilled to have the opportunity to arrange previews and theater reviews on behalf of LBSC.

Vic Warren

Marketing DirectorVic has been designing posters and programs for LBSC since 2004. Besides designing, he writes fiction, and has finished six books. Stairway of the Gods is a romantic adventure set in the Philippines. Saffron is a sci-fi thriller about the discovery of an underwater race of humans, and Hong Kong Blues is a Hitchcock-style suspense about a jazz singer on the run from Chinese Triads. More info at www.vicwarren.com

Mike Stokesberry

Technical ConsultantMike sings, has been a Network Engineer, and is a sound and lighting designer. Sound design credits include The Maltese Falcon, A Midsummer Nightís Dream, and Sherlock Holmes and A Scandal in Bohemia. He produced The Plot to Overthrow Christmas as a live world-wide webcast on LBSCís website, and The War of the Worlds as a live webcast and staged reading. Singing credits include: Mountainside and Riverside Master Chorales, Men Alive (the Orange County Gay Menís Chorus), and the Meritage Singers.

Valda Judd

Educational Outreach and Development CoordinatorDespite growing up about an hour from the Globe Theatre in London, it took British-born Valda Judd more than 20 years of living in America and travels in over 60 countries before discovering her passion for Shakespeare. In 2009, she decided to read all of Shakespeare's plays, and since then all her reading has been Shakespeare-related. She's attended performances in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Globe, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. She greatly enjoys volunteering with the LBSC and learning all she can about the Bard and his works. Holding an M.S. in Education, Valda has worked as a journalist and ESL lecturer and is currently Registrar/Instructor Coordinator for an online business school.

LaMae Weber

LaMae Weber, Dream Warrior Group's entrepreneurial CEO is a force to be reckoned with. Whether Weber is presenting breaking trends on the web at a conference in China or managing field office operations for a national environmental consulting firm, her commitment to excellence sets her apart from the rest of the field. Since joining Dream Warrior Group (DWG) in 2003, Weber has increased business revenue and facilitated growth of the staff over 600%. She is a sought-after speaker at Arts Reach and regional social media marketing events and routinely makes presentation on Information, Training, Contributions and Marketing.

Dana Leach

Producer, Costumes and Wardrobe MistressDana left CSULB with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, went on to study Early Childhood Development, and has since become an award-winning educator. The video curriculum she created for her current school is an internationally-recognized ďACSI Exemplary Program,Ē winning over 70 international film awards over the 7 years she has been teaching there. Her drama program, for which she is the only instructor, produces 14 shows each school year. For almost 15 years, Dana worked as a professional actress, singer and dancer in theatre, film and television. She learned how to produce a 5-camera shoot for live television from the master of the art, Dick Clark. She spent another 10 years in Beverly Hills, supervising video crews, and the press, celebrities and handlers for all Los Angeles-based press junkets for Sony/Columbia/Tristar Pictures. Dana generously makes time to manage the LBSC wardrobe and spearhead new marketing, fundraising and development programs.

Tim Leach

Head of Production DesignTim is a professional make-up and effects artist and puppeteer with a long, impressive list of credits. He has worked on several of the Spiderman movies, including the most recent. He has also recently finished Star Trek into Darkness, Enders Game and Man of Steel. This kind of work puts one in strange company, with aliens, mummies, in fact, monsters of all sorts! Years and years of working for Disney, 20th Century Fox, A.D.I., and others for TV, film and stage, has come in handy for many LBSC events, including our recreation of the L.A. Air Raid of 1942, when we had a visitor from another planet! He is also a creative set designer, as he demonstrated with LBSCís recent Cymbeline and The Gift of the Magi.

Jose Castro

Technical CrewJose has worked on a number of the stage and radio shows since joining the company's technical crew in May of 2013. From the booth, he continues to relish the rewards of the collaborative arts which have been part of much of his life. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a B.A. in film production and is pursuing a career in production sound for film and television.

Sebastian Villar

Set DesingerSebastian attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. His artistic journey led to Cal State Fullerton, where his credits include Chess, Into the Woods, and A Chorus Line. Sebastian is currently a student at Long Beach City College, and plans to attend Cal State Long Beach. Sebastian has a love for puppetry and musical theater, and he plans to make a career of designing for the Theater. sebastianvillar57@gmail.com

Zachary Garabedian

Assistant Stage ManagerA Long Beach native, Zachary is a Theater Arts major at CSULB. He has previously performed in two seasons with the Summer Stock program at the Alpert Jewish Community Center. Heís a lifelong fan of theater and film, and a devotee of the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, and Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Tony Thrasher

Technical CrewTony joined the LBSC technical crew in July of 2014, running lights and sound from the booth, and helping to keep the computers up and running for the shows. He graduated from California State University Dominguez Hills, with a B.A. in Digital Media Arts in Audio Recording, and a B.A. in Computer Technology. His career goal is to be an engineer for a theatre or major concert venue.

Cathy Cardinal

Technical CrewCathy is a recent graduate of CSULB, and is now a sound designer and recording technician. In her free time, she plays several musical instruments and is a part of the Long Beach State Pep Band, the LBCC Symphonic Band, and the Long Beach Ukulele Club.

FLEX PASS CARD

The ultimate in flexibility and convenience. This ‘open’ pass is redeemable for 10 tickets to the Richard Goad Theatre. Attend 10 individual performances throughout the season (Jan-Dec 2015), or bring a companion to five performances, or use your pass for one or two family nights out…it is good for any combination amounting to ten tickets. It's up to you! Just call the Theatre at least 48 hours in advance of the performance you would like to attend to reserve your seats. Price: $100

Mini Flex Pass

The Mini pass is $50 for 4 entries to the theatre.

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